OCing the Quad QX9300 CPU

Any of you owners of the M17 or other variations of the Arima 840 laptop who have OC'd the Quad CPU, PM me if you are satisfied with the results, any improvements in performance noted, comments in general. Thanks.

 

I have m17 qx9300 I am only able to clock to 3.0 stable if I try 3.3 crashes under any testing.I was hoping for the 3.3 kind of dissapointing.Dont get me wrong a quad in a laptop at 3gigs is impressive,not 1200.00 bucks impressive though.

 

sunday, sounds like you need the new BIOS which allows you to clock to 3.19 stable.. and 3.3 is iffy. I'll post a link in a sec.

v28 BIOS with Quad-Core Patch can be downloaded here.. it's supposed to be much more stable for using Quads. And, also offers more multipliers.. up to 13.5 - but not recommended over 12.5 yet. I run @ 12 when benching which is 3.19GHz

 

E,
You're the man. Tempted to send you my laptop to make it rock.

 

It has been my experience with OC'ng processors(not the QX9300) is that to achieve the highest clocks is to bump about 50mhz at a time and let it run for awhile before bumping another 50. If you try to jump to much at once the system can't handle the surge so it freezes. Ican benchmark my P8400 at 2.73ghz but cant jump from 2.26ghz to 2.73ghz. I have to build up to it.

 

im trying it now E i'll let you know how it goes appreciate the help.

Sgil ive never had much luck working up to it.It is either capable or it isnt,just a matter of how many tries to hit the sweet spot.

 

E what do you use to test?occt is getting windows error,Im trying 3d 06 right now at 3.2 gig

 

I run 3dmark to test.. See sig. I found that you have to edit power schemes for Vista. You're using the QX? Change your power scheme to max power, but then edit advanced settings and set the CPU Max to 100% and the minimum to 45% for both battery and plugged in. At least, that's how I got it to work for me..

 

i have power set but how do i set cpu to 100

 

Nm found it. Thanks d I am able to get 3.2 with new bios and quad fix.I had 1333 ram would it raise my overclock or would memory downclock to 1066?

 

Sure would..

 

what would it raise it to if cpu is clocked to 3.07?Would it be worth it and if so i think i remember reading that there were only 2 options ?

 

x11.5 i believe. i would have to go into bios to check

 

Since installing the QX9300 I'm having problems where Crossfire is being "buggy" and dropping frame rates in 3dmark06. The problem are described below.

Now, this doesn't happen all the time unless using the x12.5 multiplier to run 3.33GHz. It will run @ 3.19GHz using the x12 multiplier, but nothing faster. However, I can boot into Vista 64-bit running @ 3.33GHz if I set Vista to Power Saver mode..but when I get into the OS and change it to Performance mode, the system being buggy as soon as the CPU requests power for any tasks/processes. I am currently running the .28 BIOS available for download on the Driver's page. I was under the impression this BIOS would resolve the power issues for anything lower than the 13.5 multiplier. Obviously, the issue is still there. So.. that's problem number one.

Crossfire dropping link:
When runing 3dmark06 the framerates will drop to single GPU rates at any given moment, for no good reason. I thought it may have been the 9.1 ATI Modded driver, so I uninstalled and reverted back to the driver on the support page. This driver was doing the same. So, I decided to fresh install Vista, thinking maybe it was a driver conflict. After a fresh install, same problems. I can only assume this is caused by the same problem as - lack of proper power running to components. I can get 3dmark06 to make a full run after a few tries, once it loads into memory it seems to run a bit better. This problem occurs with the 11.5 multiplier, 12, and as you know.. I cant use the 12.5 or higher. Nevertheless, it even occured at the 9.5 multiplier. I have checked hardware connections, software/driver conflicts(none), and troubleshooted til it gave me a headache. Not sure why there is a problem now, aside from the fact I'm drawing more power and the rig can't handle it.

Any resolutions would be appreciated, and while I suspect it is the BIOS.

 

It's a power issue. I had the same problem. The only way I could circumvent it was at 3.19 by changing Vista power scheme to High performance - then edit the CPU Minimum to 30-45% while leaving Max at 100%. It would still occassionally downclock, so Id warm up the 3dMark run by testing just the CPU and then bounce into a full 3dMark run immediately after the CPU test. It was hit or miss, but usually ran just fine.

 

It is really annoying, but will they fix it to the next bios update 0.29 or is it something you have to live with the rest of the time I got my M17? Is it lack of power to the GPU's or CPU? I thought it might be the AC adapter that can not manage to supply enough power? Maybe?

 

its a combo of the cpu and gpu drawing to much with the cpu running that high. if you can undervolt the cpu a bit that may help. it did for me. i was able to boot and run over 3.3 but to do so i undervolted just enough that it was not totally stable all the time

 

But it is not different volt settings depending on which bios you use, remember that the 0.26 and 0.27 have less volts to the processor?

Do you know any guide how to undervolt cpu? have never done that.. but i have think to do it..

 

Here's a guide:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=235824&highlight=undervolt